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Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle.
He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out'. His other books include ‘My Father was a Freedom Fighter' and ‘The Last Earth'. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA).
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On Football, Opium And Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal
Monday, 26 December 2022, 7:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that “football is the opium of the people”. ... More >>
Lions’ Den Is Not A Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, began talking about the Lions’ Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed Palestinian group marched in the city of Nablus. Unlike the group’s first appearance ... More >>
The Nakba Day Triumph: How The UN Is Correcting A Historical Wrong
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 6:49 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer. For nearly 75 years, the Palestinian Nakba ... More >>
Xi’s Visit And The Future Of The Middle East: What Does China Want From The Arabs
Friday, 9 December 2022, 6:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct interest to Western governments. These types of analyses are now being applied to ... More >>
On ‘Hate’ And Love At The World Cup: Palestine Is More Than An Arab Cause
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 9:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective struggles that consume most Arabs, everywhere. The ongoing ... More >>
‘Deliberate Ambiguity’: Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Are Greatest Threat To Middle East
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 1:57 pm | Ramzy Baroud
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel’s own nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, many countries around ... More >>
Xi Vs Trudeau: How China Is Rewriting History With The Colonial West
Monday, 28 November 2022, 6:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured ... More >>
Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With The West
Friday, 25 November 2022, 2:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth ... More >>
Symbolic But Significant: Why The Decision To Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder Is Unprecedented
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 3:09 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless. Based ... More >>
Palestinians Are Native Americans: Time To Correct The Language Of History
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 1:41 pm | Ramzy Baroud
At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a Palestinian member of the audience declared at the end of a brief, but fiery intervention, ‘we ... More >>
For Lula’s Victory To Matter: A Proposal For A Unified Palestinian Foreign Policy
Monday, 14 November 2022, 9:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinians and their supporters are justified in celebrating the election victory of the leftist presidential candidate, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brazil’s runoff elections on October 30. But Lula's victory is incomplete and could ultimately prove ... More >>
‘Nothing Works’: Europe Must Stop Blaming Others For Its Own Crises
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 7:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a rightwing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different, non-western prism, it is hard not to mistake him for ... More >>
Chasing A Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
Monday, 7 November 2022, 7:17 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli elections, Arab parties will not reap meaningful political benefits, even if they collectively achieve their highest representation ever. The reason is not about the parties themselves, but in Israel's ... More >>
End Of The Deal: By Revoking Stance On Jerusalem, Australia Isolates Israel, Not Palestinians
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 11:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century' was meant to represent a finality of sorts, an event reminiscent of Francis Fukuyama’s premature declaration of the 'End of History' and the uncontested supremacy of western capitalism. In effect, ... More >>
Difficult Months Ahead: Why Israel Is Afraid Of The Lions' Den
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 2:10 pm | Ramzy Baroud
This headline in the Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, only tells part of the story: “The Lions’ Den, Other Palestinian Groups are Endless Headache for Israel, PA.” It is true that both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority ... More >>
The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries Are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 5:40 am | Ramzy Baroud
The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his own former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags, others carried Russian flags. This scene alone ... More >>
Strangers Behind The Trees: On The Death Of Rayan Suliman And His Fear Of Monsters
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 11:40 am | Ramzy Baroud
Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldiers. This is all that we talked about before going to bed. Unlike imaginary monsters in the closet or under the bed, Israeli soldiers are real, and they could show up any ... More >>
Hidden Motives: Why Lapid Is Not Serious About A Palestinian State
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 6:05 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid threw a wrench into the works when he declared from the United Nations General Assembly podium: “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, ... More >>
‘Well Of Solutions’ Or Problems: Why Reforming The UN Is Critical
Monday, 3 October 2022, 5:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly was, in many ways, similar to the 76th session and many other previous sessions: at best, a stage for rosy rhetoric that is rarely followed by tangible action or, at worse, a mere opportunity for some ... More >>
From Nabulsi To Shtayyeh: Which Side Is The PA On?
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 12:26 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist, Musab Shtayyeh, and another Palestinian activist, by Palestinian Authority police on September 20 was not the first time that the notorious PA’s Preventive Security Service (PSS) has arrested a Palestinian ... More >>
